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Round 1
Chris Tognoni is the referee for tonight’s flyweight opener.
Cariaso hunts for head kicks early but it’s Moraga who strikes
first with a straight counter. Lots of feinting and range-finding
while Moraga looks to repeat with another catch-kick counter.
Moraga puts Cariaso on the fence but can’t pin him there for long.
Cariaso comes with a kick to the body but he’s on his back foot
with Moraga trying to catch it again. Moraga lands a nice hook to
the breadbasket, takes a counter from Cariaso and drives in the
right hand again. Cariaso lands an outside leg kick and a snappy
right hand just before the horn.

Cariaso starts to string together combinations
early in round two but Moraga again muscles him into the fence and
works some dirty boxing. Moraga is finding his left-handed counter
for Cariaso’s body kick with increasing regularity as Cariaso
throws the kick again and again. Moraga catches one and socks
Cariaso with a straight right, can’t trip him down. Cariaso comes
back with a left high kick. Moraga uses underhooks to toss an
off-balance Cariaso to the mat, so Cariaso squirms and flashes
nasty upkicks until he creates enough space to stand.

With 30 seconds to go, Cariaso chases down Moraga and drags him to
the canvas, but Moraga closes up his guard and they’re still
working for position at the horn.

Round 3
Moraga is on the offensive early in the final round and chases
Cariaso toward the fence. Cariaso turns around and works for a
single-leg, but in doing so, leaves his neck exposed for a deep,
standing guillotine. Moraga brings Cariaso down to his knees and
cranks the choke, and Cariaso is forced to tap out at 1:11 of the
third frame.

Round 1
Kim Winslow is in charge of this featherweight affair. Garcia takes
the center of the cage with the longer Holloway on the outside,
kicking at the legs of the “Bad Boy.” Garcia gives him a stiff leg
kick in return and gets backed up by a teep kick to the body.
Garcia rushes forward, winging punches, but Holloway uses good head
movement and front kicks to keep the distance. A hard leg kick from
Holloway now and Garcia tries to clinch; Holloway shoves him off.
Garcia sneaks through a straight left, then another, but they’re
glancing blows as Holloway turns away. A big left hand from Garcia
stuns Holloway, but the Hawaiian stays vertical. The noses of both
men are bloodied now as they enter the last minute. Holloway tags
Garcia with a spinning kick to the body, but Garcia comes inside
and mugs him with punches in the clinch.

Holloway snaps off some leg kicks and punches in
the early going. Garcia eats a knee on his way in but hits a
takedown at the 3:00 mark; Holloway quickly posts up and stands.
The featherweights exchange jabs with Holloway picking off the
shorter man by virtue of his longer limbs. Garcia keeps throwing to
the body and head with mixed results, but he’s got Holloway on the
back foot nonetheless, and the Hawaiian’s output has slowed down.
They clinch with 30 seconds left and Holloway uses knees to get
out. Garcia is just throwing arm punches now but they’ve got
Holloway on the retreat, pinned against the fence at the end of the
frame.

Round 3
Garcia is throwing and yelling but doesn’t appear to be landing
much in the opening minute of round three. Holloway is popping the
Greg Jackson charge with occasional counters, but he’s forced to
stay on his bicycle as Garcia keeps pressing forward. The attack
finally slows and Holloway socks Garcia with a straight right, only
to be warned by ref Winslow to keep his fingers tucked. Garcia
keeps pressing, throwing bombs and eating up Holloway’s counter
right hooks. Midway through the frame, Garcia changes levels and
hits a double-leg against the fence. Holloway posts up and
scrambles to his feet, where he’s again forced to retreat under the
relentless arm-punch assault of Garcia. Holloway works the body
with some good hooks. Garcia is just relentless and keeps after
Holloway, who gets taken down one last time and slammed back to the
ground after a last-ditch kick attempt.

Yves Lavigne is the ref for this heavyweight tilt.
Duffee kicks the leg out from under De Fries and hustles the
Englishman into the fence. De Fries turns it around after eating
some punches in the clinch and single-legs Duffee to the base of
the fence. De Fries explodes with some hard right hands but Duffee
weathers them and gets back to his feet. Duffee uses an underhook
to turn De Fries around, then grabs the Thai plum, looking for a
knee that doesn’t come. They disengage and Duffee sticks a one-two
in De Fries’ face. Another uppercut and De Fries is stunned,
staggering backwards.

Duffee smells blood and follows up with a barrage of right hands,
then finishes off the dazed De Fries with another uppercut. Ref
Lavigne has seen enough and steps in to rescue De Fries at 2:04 of
the first round.

Round 1
Referee Herb Dean gets the assignment for this lightweight bout.
Johnson is working some good leg kicks early, staying on the
outside of the larger man. The move along the perimeter, feinting
and measuring while drawing faint boos from the Vegas crowd, less
than 90 seconds into the bout. Jury hits a takedown, moves to full
mount but Johnson gives up his back to get out of the bad spot.
Johnson puts his back on the mat and Jury is in half-guard,
posturing up and slamming Johnson with nonstop left hands as “The
Menace” gives up his back again. Johnson finally gets back to a
deep half-guard and the punches stop, but a few seconds later it’s
Jury dropping heavy elbows from left to right. Jury works from a
kimura from the top and Johnson is warned by ref Dean not to grab
Jury’s trunks. Jury gives it up and takes full mount again with
about 15 seconds left. He bombs with punches and tries for a
last-second rear-naked choke which doesn’t come.

Round 2
Jury gets Johnson’s attention with a right high kick to the cheek
but can’t get underneath for the takedown. Johnson snuffs out the
first attempt, but when Jury changes levels a second time, he’s
puts Johnson on his back away from the fence. Tight closed guard
from Johnson as Jury tries to posture up and throw elbows. Jury
stands and drops one big strike but that’s all he can muster before
being wrapped up again. Unable to get any space for his
ground-and-pound, Jury grinds his forearm on Johnson’s face, stacks
him up and crashes back down with more shots. Jury stays heavy on
top through the final minute and keeps Johnson on his back.

Round 3
Johnson comes toward Jury swinging punches but gets tied up and
shoved into the fence, then tripped down to the ground less than a
minute into the round.

Jury works to clear his legs and pass to full mount, has to settle
for side control, leaning from Johnson’s right to left. Jury loses
the position going for a kimura and now drops short elbows from
half-guard. Midway through the round and Johnson turns over,
allowing Jury to sink one hook in. Jury drops left hands until
Johnson bails out, away from the cage but still on his back with
Jury all over him. Down the stretch and it’s all Jury, elbows and
right hands bashing Johnson almost all the way, save for a
last-second scramble and guillotine pull.

Round 1
Varner hops around the outside while Guillard stands looking to
throw his right straight and leg kicks. The low strikes from
Guillard are landing well through the first minute as the
lightweights find the range. Outside thigh kick from Guillard is
followed by a left straight that pulls up short. Varner is trying
to time Guillard’s outside low kick but Guillard is quick to move
out of the way and dodge the right hand. Varner getting his punches
through a little more now. Varner sparks Guillard with a shot to
the body and a big left hook up top with just seconds remaining in
the round. Guillard hits the deck but pops back up just as quickly
and dodges the follow-up shots. Varner tries to pull a guillotine
but the clock runs out as he’s cinching it up.

Varner hits an early takedown and looks to have
Guillard in trouble, but the “Young Assassin” flips his way out and
threatens with a guillotine to force Varner back to the feet.
Guillard keeps the leg kicks coming and now starts to snap off his
jab in Varner’s face. Varner misses with a right uppercut, connects
with the next combo though, and then plows Guillard to the base of
the fence about midway through the bout. Guillard is back on his
feet with 90 seconds remaining and back to jabbing. Varner steps in
with an overhand right but Guillard takes it this time and resumes
jabbing.

The lightweights throw simultaneous low kicks and Guillard takes
one on the cup. He takes a moment to compose himself and they’re
back to finish out the last half-minute, getting off a good step-in
knee to the body at the horn.

Round 3
Varner has Guillard back down on the ground inside the first
minute, hunched against the base of the fence. Varner goes for a
choke, but loses it as he leans back and allows Guillard to set up
in top position. Varner overtakes him and works to take Guillard’s
back, sinking in one hook before Guillard clambers back to his feet
with 2:00 left on the clock. Ten seconds later, it’s another easy
double-leg for Varner, who gets busy right away throwing short
punches through guard. Guillard swings his hips and tries an
armbar, can’t finish but gets top position anyway. Varner hits the
switch and he’s back on top with a minute left in the fight,
grinding in Guillard’s open guard. Guillard kicks him away with 30
seconds left and stands. Guillard catches Varner coming in with a
knee to the body; Varner goes underneath and drops Guillard on his
head just before the final horn. The lightweights embrace and
tumble on the ground after the wild finish.

Perez comes straight in with a right hand and then
proceeds to rough Bloodworth up with rugged knees and elbows in the
clinch. Perez goes to the body as Bloodworth looks to throw an arm
over top of Perez’s head. A knee to the body wilts Bloodworth and
Perez follows him to the floor. Closed, tight guard for Bloodworth
but Perez is nonetheless able to sit up and drop some solid
ground-and-pound. Bloodworth’s guard opens up more and more as
Perez keeps the punches and elbows coming. Perez has him trapped
against the fence, sits up and shucks the legs to blast away with
unfettered right hands.

Now bloodied, Bloodworth covers up under fire and ref Kim Winslow
steps in to wave it off. Erik Perez gets the TKO win at 3:50 of the
first frame.

Round 1
Pickett gets in with a left hand over the top but Wineland answers
with a strong right hook and another behind it. Wineland is
upright, trying to pick off Pickett. A corking right hand from
Wineland buckles Pickett’s legs, and another hard punch follows.
Pickett manages to stay upright, but with 2:00 to go in the round,
another right hook buckles him. Again, Pickett pops back up. The
Englishman is coming forward, throwing punches, but still taking
right hands from the taller man as he walks in. Wineland’s punches
are taking the shorter route while Pickett tries to loop around the
outside, and that’s how the first frame finishes.

Pickett ducks low and then comes over the top with
a right hand. Wineland is quick to circle out and resume his diet
of long punches, including a few more good straight rights down the
center. A few slow inside leg kicks from Pickett as “One-Punch”
tries to navigate inside. Wineland just keeping his punches long,
even without a lot of steam behind them, keeping Pickett at bay.
The bantamweights stand in the pocket momentarily and both connect
with right hands. Wineland starts sticking and moving again,
changing angles and stepping around the outside. Pickett gets a
left hand through and it’s enough to open a cut on the outside of
Wineland’s right eye.

As he heads back to his corner, Wineland is sporting another cut on
the bridge of his nose.

Round 3
They pick up where they left off, with Pickett moving forward and
Wineland cutting angles, sniping at the Brit from the outside.
Pickett manages a solid left hook and musters a couple solid leg
kicks. Wineland responds by sticking his left hand in Pickett’s
face repeatedly, then swipes a long right across. Wineland catches
a kick and socks Pickett with a straight right. Pickett turns away
a shot from Wineland and slugs him with a short right hand. Pickett
keeps marching forward but just can’t get inside on Wineland, who
circles out almost as soon as Pickett wades into striking range.
Wineland closes out the fight appropriately by backing up, pawing
his jab and then coming off the cage to hit Pickett with a quick
three-piece combo.

Round 1
Brunson wraps up Leben early and trips him to the mat with the help
of underhooks. Leben swings his legs up for a triangle and Brunson
drops him back down, trying to advance from half-guard on the
right, then the left, before settling into Leben’s closed guard.
Leben looks for the triangle again but this time Brunson goes to
the side, frames up an arm-triangle and briefly moves to mount.
Leben stuffs him back but is greeted by some rough elbows to the
face. Brunson is back in Leben’s closed guard now as he scoots him
toward the fence. Once there, he breaks the posture and gets off
some good ground-and-pound. As Leben stands, Brunson gets the
waistlock and pins “The Crippler” on the fence for the final few
seconds, save a final punch from Leben.

Leben fends off the first takedown attempt from
Brunson, who finds success with the second effort and puts Leben on
his back, right side flush to the cage. Leben pops his hips out,
puts his back on the fence and stands, shoving Brunson away before
a guillotine can get too deep. Brunson is landing his left cross
but Leben is pressing forward and scoring with uppercuts. Leben
turns down another shot and Brunson is looking very tired now, just
covering up and moving backward to avoid Leben’s power punches.
Brunson clinches him against the fence with underhooks, can’t find
the takedown and releases.

Round 3
Brunson still can’t hit his takedown at the start of the third
despite a strong try. A minute into the round, he goes after it
again and puts Leben on his back near the fence. Leben posts and
stands, taking a knee to the gut from Brunson as he staggers up.
Leben’s best offense now seems to be his leg kicks as neither man
looks to have anything left in their arms. Leben just strings
together a few punches before he’s plowed to the ground with a big
double-leg. Leben is warned for landing an illegal upkick to the
face while Brunson was grounded, but the shot doesn’t seem to hurt
the Strikeforce import and they’re allowed to finish out the
round.

Round 1
Okami knocks Belcher to the ground with a short punch as Belcher
slips on a high kick. When Belcher pops back up, it’s Okami
muscling him against the fence. Not a lot going on as they clinch,
Okami controlling the position with underhooks while Belcher tries
to shoot knees up the middle. Belcher loops his arm around Okami’s
head and pulls guard, but loses the choke and winds up with Okami
in his closed guard. Short ground-and-pound from Okami as he works
to extract his right leg from half-guard and move to side control.
Okami gets the leg loose and now leans from Belcher’s right to left
in full side control. Belcher gets to his knees and Okami goes to
take the back, but can’t secure it before the end of the round.

Okami wastes no time in getting inside and
dragging Belcher down with a waistlock. Belcher nearly takes top
position in the scramble but it’s Okami who comes out on top in
half-guard, pinning Belcher’s right leg down. Okami has control of
Belcher’s right arm now, too, making it easier to drop punches,
posture up and work to advange. Referee Chris Tognoni issues a
baffling stand-up order from side control. No matter -- Okami has
Belcher back on the ground in short order and is right back in the
same position. Again, Tognoni orders the middleweights back to
their feet with Okami in the dominant position, but this time there
are only a few ticks remaining in the round.

Round 3
Okami goes down from a Belcher right hand early in round three and
it’s got Belcher on the hunt, stalking forward. Okami shoves him
toward the fence, dodges a punch, clinches up and hits another
takedown. Belcher lands on top in the scramble and this time
maintains the position, moving into full mount. Okami stands up
with Belcher on front of him and slips his head out of a threatened
guillotine. Okami turns Belcher toward the fence and Belcher tries
the guillotine again, basically losing any chance at the choke as
they hit the ground. Okami moves to full mount but doesn’t really
open up, staying close to Belcher and punching at the American’s
body. Belcher bucks and shifts his hips, trying to make something
happen as the last minute of the fight approaches. Belcher turns
over and Okami sinks in both hooks before looking for the
rear-naked choke.

Round 1
Straight to the fence goes Boetsch, roughing up Philippou along the
outside, switching levels for a double-leg try. Philippou is held
there for the better part of the opening two minutes but fires some
elbows off when Boetsch is bent low and gets away. Philippou is on
the outside, looking for his range and eventually socking the
incoming Boetsch with a crisp uppercut. Boetsch gets inside anyway
and drags Philippou to the floor, where he’s able to control the
latter half of the frame with grinding ground-and-pound. Ref Kim
Winslow stands them up with about 30 seconds left in the frame and
Philippou strings together a few good shots. Boetsch ends the round
strong with a front kick to the jaw of Philippou.

An accidental clash of heads has Boetsch bleeding
from his forehead early in the second round. Boetsch has nothing on
a long shot and is repeatedly warned to let go of Philippou’s
trunks as he goes for the takedown. Just as Philippou looks to be
getting comfortable, he catches Boetsch with an accidental finger
to the eye. Boetsch shoots from a mile out and once more Philippou
denies it. The next time, Boetsch stays down and pulls guard.
Boetsch is clinging to half-guard as Philippou kneels on his left
side, unloading with heavy right hands and elbows, worsening
Boetsch’s already bloodied face.

Round 3
Boetsch is still going after the takedown but has nothing on the
shots. More punches from Philippou have worsened the cut on the
forehead of “The Barbarian,” whose face is now stained red. One
more time Boetsch flounders on a takedown and Philippou takes the
opportunity to follow him down and administer some brief
ground-and-pound. He wants Boetsch back up, and the sequence
repeats. Ref Winslow is watching closely this time as Boetsch
turtles up and Philippou pours on the ground-and-pound. It only
takes another half-dozen hard right hands for Winslow to decide
that Boetsch has had enough. Philippou takes the TKO win at 2:11 of
round three.

Round 1
Lauzon takes the outside while the southpaw Miller presses out from
the center. An inside leg kick trips up Lauzon, and Miller follows
it with a knee to the body and a series of close-quarter punches.
Miller rushes Lauzon toward the fence, again attacking the body
with knees and going over the top with punches. Lauzon backs Miller
off with a short right hand, but Miller storms right back, drilling
“J-Lau” with a knee in the Thai plum. Miller tries a standing
arm-triangle, can’t get it. When the fighters separate, Lauzon’s
face is red with blood, but a quick check from the doctor confirms
he’s fit to continue. Another knee from Miller, one to the head
now, a series of punishing left hands and a knee to the body but
Lauzon stays standing. Miller is relentless, just sizing up his
bloodied opponent and assaulting him with punches. For his part,
Lauzon is sticking with it, covering up but not cowering and he
makes it back to his stool to see round two.

More of the same from Miller to start the second,
just harassing Lauzon with left hands and knees before bullying him
to the ground. Miller is in half-guard on Lauzon’s right side,
trying to free his other leg and pass to full mount. He gets there
with 3:00 remaining in the round but Lauzon quickly traps the leg
again. Lauzon sweeps on top but ref Yves Lavigne is forced to pause
the action to remove a lengthy piece of tape hanging from Lauzon’s
right glove. Lavigne resumes the action in the same position and
Miller pulls rubber guard, staying tight on Lauzon from
underneath.

Lauzon tries to step into mount, loses it and instead falls back
for a heel hook try, which also goes by the wayside. He catches
Miller coming forward and tries a brabo choke setup but runs out of
time.

Round 3
Lauzon improbably looks the fresher of the lightweights at the
start of round three, but a chopping leg kick from Miller halts his
momentum. Miller kicks at him for a moment, then allows him back
up. Miller is staying in Lauzon’s face now, throwing leg kicks and
short left hands inside with success. Lauzon backs him away with a
knee to the body, walks him down and lands a strong left. Miller
gives him a hook right back and a few inside leg kicks for good
measure. The pace slows as the fight enters its final two minutes,
jockeying for position in the Thai clinch. Miller roughs up his man
with short standing elbows and left hands. A knee up the middle
from Miller and then a right hand wallops Lauzon. With 30 seconds
to go, Lauzon drops for a heel hook. He can’t get it, straining as
he might, his forehead painting the mat with a thick red stain. He
gives up and goes for a guillotine choke but the horn sounds and
this one is headed to the scorecards. Easy pick for “Fight of the
Night” here.

Round 1
Herb Dean is the third man in the cage for tonight’s main event.
There’s no touch of gloves as the challenger comes straight at the
champ, grabbing hold of dos Santos and wrestling him to the ground.
The Brazilian reverses and hops back to his feet with little
effort, then sidesteps the next shot. Another single-leg try from
Velasquez fails and Cigano turns him around again, sticking jabs
all along. Velasquez gets dos Santos against the cage and shoots
the single again, and again dos Santos sidesteps him. Cheers of
“Cigano” ring out around the arena as the champ stays on his bike,
moving backward from the jabs and shots of the challenger.
Velasquez is getting off with his left inside, marking up the champ
as he muscles him into the fence with an underhook. Left hands in
the phone booth from Cain until dos Santos can circle out.
Velasquez gives chase with a leg kick, bombing punches, keeping
pressure on the champ and finally dropping him along the fence. Dos
Santos is dazed, kneeling with his right side to the fence, with
Velasquez just unloading dozens of nasty left hands. Dos Santos
survives, improbably, and even rides out the next barrage of
ground-and-pound to finish out the brutal first frame.

Round 2
Dos Santos tries to greet his challenger with an uppercut to start
round two and is met with another flurry of nasty punches, followed
by another rugged takedown. Velasquez is styling all over dos
Santos on the ground, keeping control of the champion with a
waistlock. Dos Santos gets back up to his rubbery legs and staggers
backward to the other side of the cage, where Velasquez spins him
down with an easy single-leg. Again, Velasquez controls dos Santos
on the ground until the champion is able to clamber back up. It’s
only a momentary change as Velasquez roughs dos Santos up on the
cage and then puts him on the ground again. Dos Santos pops his
hips and shoves Velasquez off the top, so Velasquez goes for an
armbar instead. Dos Santos pops his arm free and has top position
for a brief second until Velasquez decides to stand. Velasquez
nearly hits another takedown but dos Santos saves himself by
grabbing the fence. Knees inside the clinch from Velasquez, who
steps back and throws a few punches before the horn.

His right eye now badly swollen, Dos Santos goes
for the uppercut again to start round three and hits it this time.
He gets off a couple punches to the body as well before Velasquez
gets in range and plows him to the canvas. Dos Santos struggles up
and is bullied on the fence until he backs off, connecting with a
couple good lefts as he moves to the other side of the cage. Once
he gets there, Velasquez traps him against the fence and starts
grinding with work in the clinch, now focusing on dos Santos’ body.
Dos Santos pulls the challenger’s head down toward a knee; Cain
answers with short, brutish punches up the middle. He walks dos
Santos along the outside, slugs him with some more right hands
until Cigano turns him around. Velasquez tries to trip him down but
dos Santos stays up in the whizzer position. Velasquez takes the
outside again, peppers dos Santos with punches, has a single-leg
turned away. Dos Santos slugs Velasquez in the breadbasket with a
strong uppercut and it looks like we may have ourselves a fight
here after all.

Round 4
Velasquez pursues the champ around the perimeter with leg kicks,
looking to clinch and presumably for another takedown. Dos Santos
just keeps backing up, backing up, throwing punches and eventually
gets taken down against the fence. He pops back to his feet and
denies the next single-leg attempt, then turns Velasquez around
against the cage. Uppercuts to the body and head from Velasquez now
as he gets to the outside with half the round remaining. They come
off the fence and it’s Velasquez walking down the champ, back
toward the fence, where he can’t come up with a takedown.

Round 5
Velasquez comes right at dos Santos, looking for the takedown. Dos
Santos is warned for grabbing the fence again but manages to break
free of his challenger’s grasp. Velasquez keeps on him and grabs
another single-leg, which dos Santos defends by hopping on one leg
and socking Velasquez with short punches. Two more takedown
attempts from Velasquez fail, but midway through the round he
finally gets dos Santos to the floor. Velasquez works to secure the
back with one hook in but dos Santos twists around and Velasquez
instead grinds away with his right elbow from half-guard. Dos
Santos crawls toward the fence, giving up his back again. He stands
and Velasquez stands with him, shouldering him against the cage.
Dos Santos keeps throwing punches in the last minute but Velasquez
is just too strong, holding the Brazilian on the fence and mugging
him with punches inside to the final horn.